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2017 Subaru Outback (Page 6 of 9)

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Crashes / Fires:
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Injuries / Deaths:
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Average Mileage:
16,903 miles

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2017 Subaru Outback Owner Comments (Page 6 of 9)

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problem #62

Mar 102020

Outback

  • 41,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Windshield large crack developed unexpectedly from very small chip while driving on highway. Windshield had been replaced when purchasing the car 4 months earlier.

- Columbia, MO, USA

problem #61

Mar 012020

Outback

  • 60,000 miles
Windshield cracked and spread at multiple points during moderate temperature fluctuation. Cracked continued to spread over the course of a week. The vehicle was parked at the time the cracks formed and was parked when they speak. Ambient temperature inside the vehicle was 75 degrees F while driving and approx 40-55 F outside.

- Everett, WA, USA

problem #60

Jan 272020

Outback

  • 30,000 miles
My "eyesight" does not function appropiately since my windshield cracked. Turns off and on randomly, crack does not go through the sensor.

- Loveland, CO, USA

problem #59

Dec 212019

Outback

  • 4,100 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Windshield cracked, over foot long

- Santa Ana, CA, USA

problem #58

Mar 112017

Outback

  • 44,900 miles
The front windshield cracked a few inches above the dash board, it was about 6" long, the next day it grew to 24". in motion on hiway 50 South lake Tahoe in a 40 mph zone

- South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA

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problem #57

Jan 052020

Outback

  • 27,000 miles
While I was in my parked car I turned on my windshield defroster and my windshield wipers. When I did this - the windshield spontaneously cracked.I watched the crack spread across the windshield. The car was stationary at the time of the crack. This is a known issue with 2017 - 2019 Subaru Outback, forester and crosstrek models. Both the dealership (flow Subaru of winston-salem)and Subaru of America refuse to fix this known issue.

- Clemmons, NC, USA

problem #56

Feb 202020

Outback

  • 40,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Two episodes of spontaneous chipping/cracking. First chip happened in the lower right corner when parked in parking lot. This happened before the first 3 month check-up. We choose not to replace it as there was no evidence of spidering and it did not affect driver vision. Second crack happened today, while parked in a garage, at around 40K miles. This is a large crack that is arising from the medial bottom aspect of the windshield.

- Redwood City, CA, USA

problem #55

Feb 132020

Outback

  • 7 miles
Sunroof exploded while driving on freeway

- San Diego, CA, USA

problem #54

Feb 082020

Outback

  • 13,800 miles
I was waiting on my wife at the grocery store and the windshield started to crack a little at a time. First it was about 1/2 crack and not its about 10-11" crack right in front of the drivers seat

- Knoxville, TN, USA

problem #53

Feb 072020

Outback

  • 67,500 miles
Unable to get key out of ignition when vehicle is in park (in garage or anywhere else). Found issue on forums many times. Seems to be related to gear assembly. Messing with shifting, back into park, wiggling key eventually get it out. Sometimes it takes 5 minutes. Happens at least 40% of time.

- Greenwood, IN, USA

problem #52

Feb 012020

Outback

  • 0 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

When going to park, I shift the car into park and turn off the engine but the key is stuck in the ignition. This has happened every time I've driven for the last three days. The only way to get it to come out is to turn it back on and trying shifting into park again, occasionally several times before it recognizes that it's in park and will release the key.

- Omaha, NE, USA

problem #51

Jan 022020

Outback

  • 34,000 miles
Cannot remove ignition key when done driving. Not always, but randomly.

- Apple Valley, MN, USA

problem #50

Apr 102019

Outback

  • 35,000 miles
The windshield on the car cracked. I don't think it was hit by anything. If it was, it must've been a very small object. I noticed it when I went out to the car one morning on my way to work. I had someone come out and repair it as best they could, so there is a mark at the bottom of the crack where they drilled to stop it from getting worse.

- Capistrano Beach, CA, USA

problem #49

Dec 142019

Outback

  • 54,000 miles
In February 2019, a crack appeared starting at the base of the windshield. Throughout the day it grew to go across the windshield. Subaru said I had to fix it there due to eyesight. In December 2018, the same thing happened. I noticed a small crack when I got into my car. Nothing hit it. Throughout the day the crack spread about two feet. This all happened in less than a year. I do not think a crack occurred from being hit by anything. I think it's a defective windshield. The vehicle was stationary both times that I saw the initial crack.

- Davis, CA, USA

problem #48

Oct 082019

Outback

  • 35,000 miles
Key gets stuck in the ignition. The car drives, turns off, and turns on like normal however, when the car is put into park, turned off, and the the key is attempted to be removed the key does not come out. It only comes out after sometimes an hour or more of putting the car into drive and then into park again. This happens every time I attempt to remove the key.

- Anchorage, AK, USA

problem #47

Nov 052019

Outback

  • 38,000 miles
Keys get locked into ignition when in park and ready to leave car and are impossible to remove.

- Dillon, CO, USA

problem #46

Feb 092019

Outback

  • 20,000 miles
Windshield cracked while car was parked inside garage. Crack was significant and appeared for no reason. Windshield was replaced on 2/13/19 and eyesight had to be recalibrated. It is our belief that this is consistent with the lawsuit re: 2017-19 Outback windshield cracks.

- Olympia, WA, USA

problem #45

Nov 092019

Outback

  • 14,000 miles
On multiple occasions (when starting in driveway - stopped, while driving in parking lot - 5 mph, driving in town - 25 mph, while driving on highway - 60 mph) all advanced safety features are disabled including (but not limited to) eye sight (fab - forward auto brake, acc - adaptive cruise control, las - lane assist steering), rab - rear auto brake, rear cross traffic alert, blind spot detection, park brake, ABS, traction control, power steering. Note that the failure of these systems does not cause a check engine condition and no error codes are logged. The dealer indicated that the first 4/5 failures left no codes. The next failure was delivered to dealer while running in a failed state. Dealer reported no codes found. Since the dealer did not report this to Subaru I will be reporting this problem to Subaru.

- Herndon, VA, USA

problem #44

Sep 022017

Outback

  • 1,200 miles
Right side front quarter glass spontaneously shattered. The vehicle was stationary, not running, and parked in the garage with all garage doors closed. The date was 09/02/2017. The vehicle was purchased new on 07/19/17 with an odometer reading of 18 miles. Cause of the glass shattering is unknown.

- Boise, ID, USA

problem #43

Oct 142019

Outback

  • 50,000 miles
Ignition key gets stuck and would not come out because of faulty shift gear sensor not recognizing the park position.

- Roselle, IL, USA

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